"Hey." Standing at the door was a middle-aged man with a big mouth, big ears, a sallow face and a thin body.
Men are not good-looking, but they don’t make people feel ugly. Instead, they look happy.
Zhang Yuanjun and the studio staff looked at each other. The studio had just opened and no one had seen this person before.
"Who are you?" Xiao Zhao stepped forward to greet him.
"My name is Yue Xiaojun, and I am a screenwriter."
"Who did you make an appointment with?"
"Ah? Do you still need to make an appointment?" Yue Xiaojun looked confused.
"Not really, are you here?" Xiao Zhao welcomed him in and asked someone to pour him a glass of water.
Yue Xiaojun sat down. After all, the writer was a bit shy and didn't know how to speak.
Seeing that Zhang Yuanjun was there, he smiled and said hello.
Zhang Yuanjun sat aside and looked at him with a smile.
Yue Xiaojun didn't know him, but he knew Yue Xiaojun. He didn't say anything at the moment, waiting for the other party to speak.
Yue Xiaojun didn't talk about business. Instead, he started chatting and looked at the simple studio environment: "You guys have just opened."
"Yes, it's still very simple. It will be decorated in the next few days."
"It's good. You can open your own studio before you graduate. You are the first one in film school, right?"
"It doesn't count. Many seniors in the photography department have also opened their own studios."
"Yeah."
Zhang Yuanjun didn't play his cards, and he didn't play his cards either. Instead, Xiao Zhao took the initiative and asked, "Just now did you say you were a screenwriter?"
"Ah, yes, I have written some dramas for CCTV before, including sitcoms and TV movies." Yue Xiaojun introduced his achievements.
"Then you are here today?"
"I heard that you are looking for a book, let me take a look. Hehe."
Xiao Zhao glanced at Zhang Yuanjun, who gave her an affirmative look and asked her to continue the conversation.
"We are looking for a book. Do you have it?"
"There is one." Yue Xiaojun took out a thick stack of paper from his bag, "This play was written by several of our buddies together."
Zhang Yuanjun took over the script, and there were three big words written on the cover: Big Diamond.
This name is really vulgar.
Zhang Yuanjun read the script, and Xiao Zhao was responsible for chatting with Yue Xiaojun.
It’s still the same script, still the same flavor.
But Zhang Yuanjun was not sure what Yue Xiaojun was looking for.
Here, Xiao Zhao is already repeating what Yue Xiaojun said: "Is this script confirmed to be filmed?"
"It has been confirmed that it will be filmed in the mountain city." Xu added in order to increase his bargaining chips, "And our film has already received investment from Andy Lau."
"If you have the investment, then shoot. Is there a shortage of actors?"
"We're talking about actors. It's just that, hehe, there's just a lack of money."
Xiao Zhao instinctively wanted to refuse. The studio had just opened and he had no idea of investing yet, but Zhang Yuanjun interrupted at this time: "How much did Brother Hua invest?"
"3000000."
"Isn't it enough? I think your investment in this script shouldn't be too big."
"In general, the investment is not large, but there is still a gap."
"How much is missing?"
Yue Xiaojun opened his mouth to ask for 1 million, but seeing Zhang Yuanjun's calm and calm look, he felt that this student kid might not be able to get away with it, so he said, "We are short of 600,000."
Zhang Yuanjun looked at Yue Xiaojun and thought to himself, as expected, those who solicit investment are all big talkers asking for money.
Liu Dehua invested 3 million, and Ning Hao and the creative team should have also invested part of the money. The gap cannot be as much as 600,000.
Zhang Yuanjun said: "I am an actor and I am not considering investing for the time being. If I invest, what will I get? Can I play Lao Bao?"
"No. You are not suitable." Yue Xiaojun said clearly, "We made an appointment with Sun Honglei for this role."
"Then I can play Brother Dao?"
"No, you're not the right age."
"That's right, I can't play the two leading roles, so why should I vote?" Zhang Yuanjun said.
"I think the international thief Mike in there is pretty good." Xiao Zhao took it again.
If you invest, Zhang Yuanjun will play the leading role. If you don't invest, you can play a supporting role. After all, this is your big-screen debut, so playing a supporting role is not shabby.
"This role is not good either." Logically speaking, Mike needs to be more handsome, and Zhang Yuanjun's image suits him well. "This role was taken away by Andy Lau."
"So you see, I'm an actor. If there's no role that I can play, I have no reason to invest." Zhang Yuanjun said, "Actually, your script is quite interesting to me. It's obviously Guy Ritchie's style. I personally like it very much." . I still have a little money here, but I hope you can find me a role. I think you also know that we are looking for comedy scripts recently."
Of course Yue Xiaojun knew, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to come to the door.
"Let's do this. Let's leave our contact information. You can go back and discuss with the director first to see how to arrange it."
This was not the first time Yue Xiaojun encountered a wall. He smiled and said, "No problem. I'll go back and talk to the director."
"This script?"
"You can keep the script and read it." Yue Xiaojun left the script to Zhang Yuanjun.
"Okay. Xiao Zhao, send it off for me."
Yue Xiaojun left the studio and immediately went to Ning Hao's house and told him about his meeting with Zhang Yuanjun today: "From his tone, he is willing to cast, but he must play a role."
Ning Hao was in a dilemma. The crew of "Big Diamond" really didn't have a role suitable for Zhang Yuanjun.
"How about I change the role of Director Feng and make him the son of the company boss?" Yue Xiaojun said.
"No!" Ning Hao objected to this, "Changing this character would duplicate Xie Xiaomeng's character."
"Hey, Xie Xiaomeng hasn't decided yet? How about letting him come?" Ning Hao said.
Yue Xiaojun smiled and said: "He is so handsome, and you want him to play a fat man? Do you think he will agree?"
"Let's give it a try. Xie Xiaomeng has so many roles and lots of laughs. He won't suffer any loss in his performance."
"It's not a loss if you suffer a loss, but..."
"Go and ask, we really have no role for him in this play." Ning Hao said.
"Okay, I'll make the call."
"Don't fight now, fight tomorrow."
"I understand." Yue Xiaojun smiled.
Yue Xiaojun and Ning Hao will find Zhang Yuanjun. First, Zhang Yuanjun is currently the most famous among the students at the school besides Liu Yifei. He has just finished playing Yang Guo and should have some money.
The second is that Zhang Yuanjun's "famous reputation" is not a good one.
Everyone in the industry now knows that Zhang Yuanjun, a college student at the film school, is stupid and rich. He spent 800,000 to buy a role like Gui Hai Yida, and he spent who knows how much money to get through Zhang Jizhong's path to play Yang Guo.
Recently, there was news that this idiot wanted to use the same trick to act in "The Night Banquet" and "Red Cliff War". He called the crew and producer and was scolded.
Nowadays, everyone in the industry is short of money. Who wouldn’t want to take a bite of such a piece of Tang Monk’s meat?
On the other side, colleagues in the studio were advising Zhang Yuanjun: "You really plan to invest 600,000."
"Am I stupid? I don't have any share in the two main characters, so I invested 600,000? Is it so easy to get my money?" Yue Xiaojun came to challenge Qiufeng. Zhang Yuanjun would not be so stupid. "If he wanted to take 600,000 from me, he would have to spit out 25% of it." Give me the investment amount.”
"We have just started and have not yet established a firm foothold in this industry. Is it too risky to invest so rashly?" Nowadays, companies invest, and it is rare to hear of artists investing in productions.
"It's okay. I'm sensible. I can still afford to lose hundreds of thousands." He can still afford to invest three to five hundred thousand. If he had to invest tens of millions like the company did, he wouldn't be able to get it out. "Don't wait for Yue Xiaojun." , keep looking for the script, I’m going to record the songs.”
Chapter 4 is here, continue in the afternoon.
(End of chapter)
